Is the therapeutic community an evidence-based treatment? What the evidence says

Therapeutic Communities

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 104-128

  De Leon, George ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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